Halidon Hill

Halidon Hill is a mountain located approximately 2 miles (3 kilometers) west of Berwick-upon-Tweed, on the boundary between England and Scotland. It stands 600 feet (180 meters) tall. The hill's name implies that it formerly had a fortress on its top. At the Battle of Halidon Hill in 1333, Edward III of England defeated a Scottish force headed by Archibald the "Tyneman" Douglas, Regent of Scotland, with longbowmen on the hill's crest.HMC Salisbury Hatfield, vol. 5 (London, 1894), p. 192: William Acres, Letters of Lord Burleigh to his son Robert Cecil (Cambridge, 2017), p. 171.Thomas Thomson, James Melville, Memoirs of his own life (Edinburgh, 1827), p. 173.

References

Other websites
English Heritage: Battle of Halidon Hill
GOOGLE book: "Halidon hill: a dramatic sketch from Scottish history" by Sir Walter Scott

Category:Geography of Northumberland
Category:Hills of the United Kingdom